Sea Going Green is proud to announce that we have officially partnered with CO2 offsetting project, SeaGrass Grow!

SeaGrass Grow (a project of The Ocean Foundation) conducts coastal habitat restoration projects around the world by rehabilitating and conserving seagrass meadows, mangrove forests, and salt marshes to capture and sequester CO2, prevent storm surge, enhance the quality of marine habitats for local species, improve water quality and more!

Learn more about their mission, projects and impact in our blog interview with Ben Scheelk, Program Officer at The Ocean Foundation.

Sea Going Green is proud to officially partner with Netherlands-based foundation and CO2 compensation provider Trees for All. To reduce emissions, Trees for All plants trees in The Netherlands and the rest of the world, from Costa Rica to Uganda!

In this week’s blog, we’ll hear firsthand from Simone Groenendijk from Trees for All about how the program came to be and the positive impacts they’ve made so far!

Between mining activities, deforestation, floating plastic islands, space debris, the state of the world’s ecosystems is in utter shambles. The world is burning and flooding, displacing nearly 7 million people in the first half of 2019 alone, and we—the global society—have yet to achieve a meaningful response to these acts of ecocide.

This blog will discuss the importance of holding those who inhibit progress for fighting climate change accountable, while breaking down what defines ecocide and what we can do to help.

Remember COP25? It wasn’t so long ago that the world watched leaders from around the world gather in Madrid to discuss the future of our climate.

This blog will cover the most important outcomes and observations of COP25 as well as my personal experiences and what we, as youth, achieved at the conference.

When you think of Florida, what comes to your mind?

Do you imagine white sandy beaches and clear green-blue water with dolphins and manatees glittering the coastline? Most of the time this is what locals and tourists can expect, but unfortunately a rare but recurring phenomenon called “Red Tide” has been leaving beaches and surrounding sea life devastated.

If you’ve been following Sea Going Green’s social media lately, you’ve probably seen some coverage from the beach cleanup we planned on New Years Eve at Clearwater Beach. While most of our focus on the cleanup had to do with raising awareness on the effects of plastic pollution, we couldn’t help but notice that the abundance of “Red Tide” was just as much of a concern for locals and attendees as pollution. Therefore, I’d like to shed some light on this issue as well as what can be done in the future to limit its effects on marine life and the tourism industry.

Despite recent news from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change regarding the course we are on if we do not reduce CO₂ emissions, we can look towards certain examples of inspiration for how we can mitigate climate change and live sustainable lives that will change our course for the better.

This week, we’ll take a look at Barcelona and the plans that the city council has put in place to reduce negative impacts on the environment!

World, we have a lot of work to do before 2030.

Earlier this week, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change broke the sobering news that unless we can limit global warming to +1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) by 2030, the prognosis for our environment is not bright. To achieve this feat (cutting CO2 emissions by ~45%), drastic measures will have to be taken by consumers, industries and government bodies. Come 2030, the state of our quality of life, ecosystems and economy will be reliant on our level of commitment to the sustainability of our planet right now.

In this week’s blog, we’ll take a look at the findings from this new report and the changes that we will have to make in order to reach the 2030 goal of limiting global warming to +1.5 degrees.

PLAs have been heralded around the world as a renewable, plant based, biodegradable alternative to petroleum based plastics. Made from fermented plant starch, the plastic is said to be “carbon neutral” and “non-toxic.” However, this is far from the truth. Critics and experts around the world have brought to light that the renewable alternative is not as environmentally friendly as one might have thought.

In this week’s post, we reveal the hidden reality of PLA plastics. Read to find out the truth!